World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Metro Bernarsky
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Simpson, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 6 AUGUST 1942 AT SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA. SEA SERVICE FROM 17 SEPTEMBER 1942 TO 19 MARCH 1943 AS PART OF THE COMMISSIONING CREW ABOARD USS DE HAVEN (DD-469) SUPPORTING REINFORCEMENT CONVOY OPERATIONS TO GUADALCANAL, THEN PATROLLED THE SOUTHERN SOLOMON ISLANDS BEFORE BEING SUNK ON 1 FEBRUARY 1943 BY JAPANESE BOMBERS NEAR SAVO ISLAND. REASSIGNED AS PART OF THE COMMISSIONING CREW OF USS OAKLAND (CL-95), THE SHIP SUPPORTED OPERATIONS IN THE GILBERT AND MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND COVERED THE DAMAGED USS LEXINGTON AS IT MOVED TO PEARL HARBOR FOR REPAIRS IN DECEMBER 1944. RETURNING TO THE PACIFIC, THE SHIP SUPPORTED OPERATIONS AGAINST THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, THE WESTERN CAROLINE ISLANDS, TRUK, WAKE ISLAND, GUAM, IWO JIMA, PELELIU, AND LEYTE, AMONG OTHERS. FOLLOWING SHORE DUTY FROM JANUARY TO AUGUST 1945, HE JOINED THE COMMISSIONING CREW OF USS CONE (DD-866), WITH OPERATIONS ALONG THE EAST COAST AND CARIBBEAN BEFORE BEING SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 20 DECEMBER 1945 AT BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND.